Here is the list of commonly used medical Suffixes which is definitely gonna help you in understanding the terms used by medical professionals especially in prescriptions given by doctors or pharmacists as well as many Suffixes are used along with the medical abbreviations in the Investigation Forms that has to be performed in the diagnostic laboratories….
| SUFFIX | MEANING |
|---|---|
| -algia | Pertaining to Pain |
| -astheno | Weakness |
| -blast | Immature cell |
| -cele | Pertaining to a Tumor or Swelling |
| -centesis | Pertaining to a procedure in which an Organ or Body Cavity is punctured, often to drain excess fluid or obtain a sample for Analysis. |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal of |
| -emia | Pertaining to the presence of a substance in the blood |
| -genic | Causing |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | A record or the instrument used to create the record |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lysis | decline, disintegration, or destruction |
| -megaly | Enlargement of |
| -ology | Science of |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Pertaining to a disease process |
| -ostomy | Surgical creation of an opening, or hole |
| -otomy | Surgical Incision |
| -pathy | Disease or a system for Treating disease |
| -phagia | Pertaining to eating or swallowing |
| -phasia | Pertaining to speech |
| -phobia | Pertaining to an irrational fear |
| -plasty | Plastic surgery |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -pnea | Pertaining to breathing |
| -ptosis | Drooping |
| -rrhage | Abnormal or excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhagia | Abnormal or excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhaphy | Suture of; Repair of |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| -scope | Instrument for examination |
| -scopy | Examination with an instrument |
| -sis | A process, action, or condition |
| -taxis | Order, Arrangement of |
| -trophic | Pertaining to nutrition |
| -uria | Pertaining to a substance in the urine or the condition so indicated |
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